Magnification

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  • What is magnification?
    Is the number of the times bigger an object appears when looking down a microscope
  • What is resolution?
    Is the smallest measurement that can be made with a measuring instrument (such as a microscope). This is also called the resolving power of the microscope
  • What is the equation for magnification?
    Magnification = size of image / actual size
  • What is the equation for actual size?
    Actual size = image size / magnification
  • What is the equation for image size?
    Image size = actual size x magnification
  • What is the triangle formula for magnification?
    I
    A M
    I - image size
    A - actual size
    M - magnification
  • What is the symbol for the unit metre?
    m
  • What is the symbol for the unit millimetre?
    mm
  • What is the symbol for the unit micrometre?
    um
  • What is the symbol for the unit nanometre?
    nm
  • What is the equivalent in metres in the unit metre?
    1
  • What is the equivalent in metres in the unit millimetre?
    0.001
  • What is the equivalent in metres in the unit micrometre?
    0.000001
  • What is the equivalent in metres in the unit nanometre?
    0.000000001
  • How many nanometres are in micrometres?
    There are 1000 nanometres in a micrometre
  • What way are cells cut if its transverse?
    Transverse it is cut across
  • What way are cells cut if its longitudinal?
    Longitudinal it is cut lengthways
  • What does the position of the cell depend on whilst taking an image?
    Depending on its position in the cell when an image was taken will depend on its appearance